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Definition of Palankeen
1. Noun. A closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers.
Definition of Palankeen
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of palanquin) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Palankeen
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palankeen
Literary usage of Palankeen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in South-eastern Asia: Embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China by Howard Malcom (1839)
"The only mode of inland travelling, in India, is by palankeen; and, in the hot
season, at night only. Bungalows are built, by government, on some principal ..."
2. The Baptist Missionary Magazine by Executive Committee, Baptist General Convention, American Baptist Missionary Union, Board of Managers (1839)
"... procession of young children, affianced by their relations. Music and many
torches dignify the procession. The girl is often carried in a palankeen, ..."
3. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India: Descriptive of Their Manners by B. Mir Hasan 'Ali, Mrs B Mı̄r Ḣasan ʻAlı̄ (1832)
"Anecdote.—Tamerlane's command prohibiting females being- seen in public.—The
palankeen.— Bearers.—Their general utility and contentedness of disposition. ..."
4. Under the Flag of the Orient: An Account of the Battle Scenes, Historical by Marion Harland (1897)
"OHE romantic reader of Oriental fable and travel conjures up at the word ''
palankeen," a vision of luxury which will be dashed by a description of the ..."
5. Under the Flag of the Orient ...: The Thrilling Story of Armenia : with an by Marion Harland (1897)
"IN A palankeen TO JERICHO. OHE romantic reader of Oriental fable and travel ...
Some women have complained to me that the swing of a palankeen made them ..."
6. Voyages to the East-Indies by Johan Splinter Stavorinus (1798)
"... left the command to Colonel COOTE, and remained hid in. his palankeen, daring
the combat, out of the reach of the fhot, and did not make his appearance ..."
7. Lectures on India: Also, Descriptions of Remarkable Customs and Personages by Caleb Wright, John James Weitbrecht, Alexander Duff (1849)
"It is one of many others equally voluminous, and has been handed despatched to
his station, in the interior, by palankeen. At the end of the first stage, ..."
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